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Re-Count Monday
BULLETIN!
A re-count of the votes cast for mayor
in Tuesday’s Municipal Election will be
held Monday morning. Roy L. Harrell,
who trailed incumbent Mayor John A.
Mitchener, Jr., by 39 votes in the un
official returns, asked for the re-count.
E. L. Hollowell, elections board chair
man, said a canvass of the 1,250 ballots
cast in the election did not show a
change in the unofficial returns.
However, Harrell asked for the re
count and based his request on, not
returns filed by the registrar, but a tele
phone call to the elections board which
had his final vote and Mitchener’s
switched.
Hollowell said Monday’s re-count will
deal only with the mayor’s race.
Results of Edenton’s Municipal Election
MAYOR:
John A. Mitchener, Jr.
Roy L. Harrell
TREASURER:
James M. Bond
COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE:
J. D. Elliott
Leroy H. Haskett
COUNCILMAN FIRST WARD:
Tom H. Shepard
Jacob Hobowsky
COUNCILMAN SECOND WARD:
Leo Katkaveck
Ray Ward
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS:
Jesse L. Harrell
Tom C. Byrum
Joseph H. Conger, Jr.
ABOLISHING BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS:
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DIRECTS JAYCEES—Joe Roberson o# Plymouth, second from right, Thursday night
installed Frank Habit, left, as the 20th president of Edenton Jaycees. Shown with them
at the installation banquet are Mrs. Habit and Bob Waller, outgoing president.
Jaycees Install Habit; Give Awards
Frank Habit was installed Thursday
night as the 20th president of Edenton
Jaycees. He succeeds Bob Waller.
At a banquet held at the Jaycee Build
ing on Base Road, Waller gave the Key
Man, a top Jaycee award, to John Jeth
ro. This award is given annually by
the club president to the person he con
siders to have been of most assistance
Hotel Will Close
Chowan County commissioners voted
again Monday to get out of the hotel
business.
By unanimous vote, board members
instructed Chairman W. E. Bond to in
form Haughton Ehringhaus that his lease
for the top two floors of Hotel Joseph
Hewes would be terminated on July 1.
Ehringhaus is being advised to vacate
the building by that time.
Commissioners expressed grave con
cern over the manner in which the hotel
has been operating in the past and said
future use would be restricted to offices.
The first and second floors of the
building are now used as offices by
county agencies as well as one suite
leased to Earnhardt & Evans, attorneys.
Discussion of the situation at the hotel
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton voters Tuesday re-eiected
Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., to an
other two-year term by a 39-vote mar
gin and voted against abolishing the
Eoard of Public Works.
Roy L. Harrell came 90 votes closer
to being elected Mayor as he threw a
real scare into the incumbent in his sec
ond bid for the top town elective office.
Two years ago, Mitchener defeated Har
rell by 129 votes.
The special election concerning abol
ishing the Board of Public Works was
equally as close. A mere 33 votes kept
the town charter intact with regards to
a separate elected board to run the elec
tric and water department.
, J. D. Elliott, a former First Ward
councilman, defeated former Mayor Le-
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First Second Third Fourth
Ward Ward Ward Ward Total
252 115 194 78 639
88 264 153 95 600
316 312 321 147 1,096
214 164 234 103 715
125 190 102 61 478
302 283 281 130 996
30 54 43 27 154
237 143 196 79 655
92 227 125 84 528
264 243 252 108 867
265 242 255 108 870
264 242 255 107 868
151 176 176 85 588
188 173 173 87 621
to the. organization during his admini
stration.
Sam Cox won the Spark Plug award
and the Spoke Award, to new members,
went to Dr. A. F. Downum, Jr. A spe
cial award, the first such honor voted
by the club, went to Waller.
Eight men who joined the ranks of
Exhausted Roosters, those who age out
of the Jaycees, were recognized as:
Tom Pierry, Jack Leary, Van
Jack Habit, Jim Yates, Caswell Edmund
son, Leo LaVoie and Johnny Owens.
Joe Roberson of Plymouth, an active
Jaycee on many levels for many years,
installed the new officers.
Roberson cited the justified public
service work of Jaycees and said mem
bers of the organization are “laying the
foundation of leadership” in the com
munity.
“Thank God,” he said, “for men with
the foresight and willingness to work for
a better community.”
He called the Jaycees a “proud or
ganization” and said he is proud to be
a part of the movement. Roberson is
a candidate for state president.
Habit, in his acceptance remarks, said
this is his first elective office in the club
and he will give it his best.
In addition to Habit, new officers in-
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, May 4, 1967.
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John A. Mitchener, Jr.
Vote Scheduled May 16
Merger Os School Boards Encouraged
A “Committee For Better Schools’’
this week launched an educational cam
paign directed at obtaining an affirma
tive vote in the May 16 election to merge
the Edenton City and Chowan Countv
Public Parade
Be A Sport
A last call is being sounded by Eden
ten Varsity Club for the sals of tickets
to Monday’s Sports Award Banquet.
Since no tickets will be available at the
door, now is the time to step up and
purchase one, two or more.
The Varsity Club’s banquet to 'honor
athletes at John A. Holmes High School
is one of this community’s most worth
while undertakings. It is so for many
reasons.
First, it pays tribute to those who have
participated in various sports at the
school. These young men and women
sacrifice a great deal to put together a
winning combination on the field and
court. They deserve everything the com
munity can give them.
Second, it brings into the community
a sports figure cf note. This year it is
Coach Vic Bubas of Duke University.
Third, it gives the adults an oppor
tunity to break bread with the younger
set that before you know it will be lead
ers in the community, not just in ath
letics.
We have never gotten around to cheer
ing for the Blue Devils in the ACC con
ference. But we are now pulling for a
capacity turnout Monday for Coach
Bubas and the youngsters at Holmes
High.
The Machine Age
A telephone call to the court house
Tuesday night in which returns from
Third Ward were inaccurately reported
has proven costly to the taxpayers of
Edenton. As a result of the call, a re
count of ballots cast for mayor will be
held Monday.
The call came in that Rcy L. Har
rell had beaten Mayor John A. Mitchen
er, Jr., by 41 votes in this ward. This
would have given Harrell a 43-vote vic
tory. In fact, when the registrar b.ought
in the unofficial totals, it was learned
that the Mitchener-Harrell figures had
been transposed.
So, it would appear that Mayor Mitch
ener was elected to another two-year
term by a margin of 39 votes, as he was
two votes behind when the final ward
reported.
Harrell has demanded a re-count of
the ballots on the basis of the telephone
call which was in no way official. It is
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Concert Dates Set
The John A. Holmes High School
Band will present its annual Spring Con
cert on May 7 in the school auditorium
at 3 P. M.
Band Director Stuart Patten will di
rect.
The highlight of the concert will be
an arrangement composed by Leroy An
derson entitled “Bugler’s Holiday”. The
arrangement will feature the band’s three
solo cornet players: Larry Privott, Da
vid Copeland and Malcolm Dixon.
The concert will be presented for the
enjoyment of the entire family—no ad
mission is charged.
Also, a spring concert will be given
Friday by the Ernest A. Swain Ele
mentary School and the John A. Holmes
High School choral groups. The concert
will begin at 8 P. M., at the Ernest A.
Swain Elementary School.
The music will be conducted by Mrs.
Irene Patten.
The music will be presented by the
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boards of education.
Alton G. Elmore, local business and
civic leader, is chairman of the group
actively promoting a favorable vote in
the referendum.
Action To Hire
Principal Delayed
Chowan County Board of Education
has re-hired the faculty at White Oak
Consolidated and Chowan High School,
with the exception of J. P. Snipes Prin
cipal at Chowan.
The board followed the recommenda
tion of the district school committee on
the question of a faculty for the two
schools for 1967-68. Supt. Hiram J.
Mayo supported the committee.
At a board meeting Monday night,
action was taken on all faculty members
except Snipes. A vote to re-hire the
principal failed and the board members
voted to have a meeting with the school
committee and the principal.
The committee’s recommendation was
to relieve Snipes of the Chowan princi
palship at the end of the current school
term. He has headed the faculty at
Chowan for four years.
At Monday’s meeting, the board re
appointed the district committee, retro
active to April 1. Members are: Wilbur
Hare, Carlton Goodwin, Jack D. Leary,
Willie Joyner and Ivan Bunch.
W. H. Creasy will remain as principal
at White Oak. There are currently three
vacancies at this school.
Beard members hired Mrs. Annie W.
Owens as a first grade teacher at Cho
wan.
Supt. Mayo reported that six of the
26 Negro students who were shuffled
around last year and ended up at Cho
wan requested transfer back to D. F.
Walker High School for the next school
term. He said also that six of the eighth
grade students at White Oak chose to
attend Chowan next year.
Supt. Mayo said as a result of the
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MR. CHAlßMAN—Pictured in a downtown Edenton beauty spot is Dr. R. N. Hines, Jr.,
chairman of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee. Dr. Hines
poses in the Confederate Plaza at the foot of Broad Street and contemplates improve
ments which could be made throughout Edenton to make it more attractive. His com
mittee works closely with the Tourist Committee and Downtown Committee in making
Edenton a more beautiful place to work, and play as well as visit.
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Elmore announced that four co-chair
men had been chosen. They are: Mrs.
B. Warner Evans, Airs. Elmira Fleming,
Earl Jones and Benbury Wood.
Elmore said the purpose for merging
both boards of education is to provide
better schools for all the children of
Edenton and Chowan County and save
on administrative costs.
“More courses of instruction could be
offered to the students, and better quali
fied teachers could be employed,” El
more said if the two units are merged.
He described other benefits as being
in the field of guidance, library, voca
tional and art facilities as well as music
being offered to the students. Too, he
said additional adult education courses
would be possible for all people.
“Better understanding and working
conditions would be made available to
the people of Edenton and Chowan
County for solving the educational prob
lems and providing better schools for
our children and adults,” he said.
It was pointed out that all members
of both existing boards of education
have unanimously endorsed the merger.
If a favorable vote is realized on the
question, both boards would merge into
the Edenton-Chowan Board of Educa
tion June 5. The combined membership
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Collections Gcod
Sheriff Earl Goodwin, who doubles as
tax collector in Chowan County, reported
Monday that 94.46 per cent of the 1966
tax levy of $446,857.56 had been col
lected.
In a report to Chowan County com
missioners, Sheriff Goodwin said this
had been the best year for collection
of taxes since he has been in office.
Chairman W. E. Bond commended
Sheriff Goodwin for the good job he
had done in this department.
During April, the sheriff collected
$19,200.10 on the current levy and
$461.65 in penalties.
Delinquent tax collections amounted
to $3,453.68 with $437.08 in penalties
added.
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